What would be a deal breaker for you in Discovery?

[Jayson1]

I left for 8 or 10 years simply because I couldn't afford to have internet and I was shocked to see that the board still existed when I came back. Everyone can be replaced!
Jason

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I left for 8 or 10 years simply because I couldn't afford to have internet and I was shocked to see that the board still existed when I came back. Everyone can be replaced!
Jason

This board is too stubborn to ever disappear.

 

[Armus]

I left for 8 or 10 years simply because I couldn't afford to have internet and I was shocked to see that the board still existed when I came back. Everyone can be replaced!
Jason

I came back after a 6 year absense to reread Warped9's tng reviews after i bought the blurays. This is still a great place to talk Trek.

 

[somebuddyX]

Even if Jar Jar Binks, Wicket the Ewok and Boxey show up, I'd still probably give it a go. If it just sucks and is boring I'll turn it half way through the first episode and forget about it.

 

[Tuskin38]

Even if Jar Jar Binks, Wicket the Ewok and Boxey show up, I'd still probably give it a go. If it just sucks and is boring I'll turn it half way through the first episode and forget about it.

I wouldn't watch just the first episode, watch several. Different writers and directors.

Every star trek series has had its bad episodes, I wouldn't judge an entire series just from one.

 

[φ of π]

An episode like Voyager's Threshold wouldn't be a dealbreaker, that's just a stupid episode.

An episode like Enterprise's Dear Doctor would be a dealbreaker, that's just an offensive episode.

 

[Refuge]

What strikes me as odd in these kind of discussions on this board, is how persecuted and entitled conservative people always seem to feel; thinking they are in their moral right to spread radical right-wing ideas.

What's wrong with being conservative..

 

[Locutus of Bored]

What's wrong with being conservative..

That's not what he said.

 

[Amaris]

An episode like Voyager's Threshold wouldn't be a dealbreaker, that's just a stupid episode.

An episode like Enterprise's Dear Doctor would be a dealbreaker, that's just an offensive episode.

I don't know, an episode like Threshold being the first episode would definitely turn me off. Granted, every Star Trek series often has some real clunkers in the first season, so I guess that wouldn't necessarily put me off entirely, regarding the rest of the show, but it would have to work harder to get me to stay.

 

[somebuddyX]

I wouldn't watch just the first episode, watch several. Different writers and directors.

Every star trek series has had its bad episodes, I wouldn't judge an entire series just from one.

I don't work like that.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I usually give a show a couple of episodes.

 

[Jedman67]

What's wrong with being conservative..

The problem is not being conservative; it's in the views expressed by the equivalent to America's alt-right. (Insert Ctrl+Alt+Delete joke here.)
Free speech ends when it violates the rights of others.

 

[Mudd]

Free speech ends when it violates the rights of others.

And that would be...?

 

[Tuskin38]

I don't work like that.

How do you ever get through any TV series then?

 

[E.M. Ericson]

A deal breaker?

Beastie Boys music in the background and someone saying "good choice."

 

[Jedman67]

And that would be...?

A good example is hate speech, or threats against another person. Or trolling.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

If the show is poorly written and/or acted, that would be a dealbreaker, obviously. If there's rampant racism or sexism, etc., that would do it.

 

[Mudd]

A good example is hate speech, or threats against another person. Or trolling.

Specific threats would certainly be the go-to example. Should be actionable.

Trolling? Meh.

 

[Nyotarules]

What's wrong with being conservative..

Depends on what you want to conserve.....

 

[Jedman67]

Specific threats would certainly be the go-to example. Should be actionable.

Trolling? Meh.

Well, there's trolling and there's textual-assualt-trolling (what other word is there?) that goes on some of the nastier parts of the internet, but that's slightly short of verbal abuse,
No examples handy, sorry, but not referring to the trolling that happens here, which is pretty tame to what's reported to happen on 4chan and reddit.